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Obama convention speech sets Twitter record

September 7 2012 at 10:32am
By SAPA

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President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia wave after President Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

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Charlotte, North Carolina - Barack Obama's prime-time address to the nation accepting the Democratic presidential nomination for 2012 broke a new Twitter record on Thursday for political traffic, the site said.

“A new record political moment on Twitter: (at)barackobama drives 52,757 Tweets per minute. Over 9 million Tweets sent about #DNC2012,” the micro-blogging site tweeted.

Obama earlier implored Americans to grant him a second term to complete his battered crusade for change, warning of the starkest election choice in a generation.

The race between the president and his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor and multi-millionaire businessman Mitt Romney, is neck-and-neck with fewer than nine weeks to go until election day. - Sapa-AFP

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